Tag: religion
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Being with God Versus Doing for God
“It’s not what you do for God; it’s what God has done for you. You switch from trying to love God to just letting God love you. And it’s at that point you fall in love with God.” Richard Rohr Richard Rohr’s daily meditations arrive in my inbox. He is a favorite author of mine,…
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Seeking a Relationship with God, the Source of Living Water
“Everyone needs thirty minutes of prayer a day, except when they are busy. Then they need an hour.” -St. Francis de Sales I felt the Holy Spirit stirring me to write about a devotion I listened to earlier this week. For the Lenten season, I’m participating in the Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge for…
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Everyday Saints
“…Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor.Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy,and to be able to share it with others.” Prayer for Good Humorby St. Thomas More I found myself falling down an internet rabbit hole. I was Googling information…
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Imitating Mary
Scripture readings: The Angel Gabriel Appears to Zechariah, Luke 1:5-2:20 The Angel Gabriel Comes to Mary, Luke 1:26-38 In my writing group, I was introduced to vocabulary flash cards which made the word nerd heart of mine shout with glee. Words such as “discombobulate” (confused), “flummox” (to confuse) or “salubrious” (healthful) made the writer in…
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“The Jesus who doesn’t let us rest”
“The more I reflect on Jesus, the more I meditate on him, the more images occur to me. I never get to the end of things with Jesus. It’s important for me to set Jesus alongside all my experiences, all that I read, see, get to know.” Anselm Grun I was reflecting on one…
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Practicing the Fruits of the Spirit: A Book Reflection
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23, NIV I came across the book, Neuroscience and the Fruit of the Spirit, and the title intrigued me. Bryan Spoon edifies how our brain is literally wired towards God.…
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Be Careful Not to Quell the Creativity
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 I don’t want to take the context away from this Gospel story by pulling just this verse out, but the phrase “become like little children” resonated with me. In the passage, Jesus uses…
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A Guide to Finding a Spiritual Director
Spiritual Direction 101 First, what is a Spiritual Director? It is someone who helps you in your spiritual life. They will help you get closer in your relationship with the Divine, or help you increase in your spirituality. Each person is born unique in the image of God, but there are times when society and…
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Walk of Life
I’d like for you to do a little visual exercise with me. Picture a time you took a walk. It could be a walk in the woods, by a lake, or in a park. Perhaps the path led to a waterfall. It could be a walk where you got caught in the rain. Or it…
